Early esophageal cancer is potentially curable through minimally invasive surgery, along with radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery.
Esophageal cancer patients in the early stage may experience choking sensation when swallowing food, burning and pins and needles pain behind the sternum, slow passage of food through the esophagus, stagnant sensation, foreign body sensation, and other symptoms.
If the diagnosis of esophageal cancer is confirmed through gastroscopy and other tests, early stage esophageal cancer should be operated as soon as possible, and surgery is the preferred treatment for esophageal cancer.
In the early stage of esophageal cancer, if it is determined to be a very early lesion, because the cancer cells have not yet spread, it can be treated by minimally invasive surgery if all physical conditions allow. Minimally invasive surgery is a relatively small incision. The surgery is done by making several small incisions on the surface of the body, and the surgical instruments are inserted through the thoracoscope into the chest cavity to complete the surgery and locally remove the tumor cells.
But whether it is esophageal surgery or minimally invasive surgery, it is difficult to completely remove the lesion. After surgery, there may be cancer cells left in the patient’s organism, which need to be removed in time to reduce the risk of recurrence after surgery, and further radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and Chinese herbal medicine can be done.